{"id":8190,"date":"2024-08-23T09:29:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T09:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/fbb-has-tried-but-is-he-right-1\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T09:29:45","slug":"fbb-has-tried-but-is-he-right-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/fbb-has-tried-but-is-he-right-1\/","title":{"rendered":"fbb Has Tried But Is He Right? (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Who Knows?<\/span><\/p>\n Shiregreen is a vast ex Council estate to the north of Sheffield and to the east of the A6135 to Barnsley. It was developed progressively and rapidly in the 1930s to improve the lot of Sheffielders who were stuck in near slum conditions, notably in and around the heavy industry clustered along the Don valley to the north east of the city.<\/p><\/div>\n Initially buses only ran to Firth Park (aerial view above, bottom centre) where they connected with frequent trams to city. After road improvements, said trams had a reserved track through the middle of the roundabout, seen below looking north …<\/p>\n … and below looking south.<\/p>\n Trams would continue northbound to a terminus typically in the middle of Barnsley Road at Sheffield Lane Top.<\/p>\n The roundabout and its short length of “reserved” track is still there but preserved, with rails, as a decorative and historic feature of the shopping centre.<\/p>\n With the arrival of the Sheffield Bus non-Partnership, Stagecoach was running a competitive 88 (GREEN<\/span>). the full length of Sicey Avenue using part of this long road never previously served by a frequent Sheffield service.<\/p><\/div>\n Still awake at the back? Good!<\/p><\/div>\n From Firth Park, however, the 75 and 75a make it round about three quarters of their former loop route before striking off. The timetable information is minimalist …<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n … it tuns north on Barnsley Road to terminate at Chapeltown. Currently, this is the terminus of First Bus 1a which gets there direct and not via Shiregreen. It is PALE BLUE<\/span> on the map above.<\/p><\/div>\n fbb cannot dredge from his coal measures brain exactly when the 42 ceased, but the turning circle is still there and used by the locals as a car park.<\/p>\n An hourly 86 does use the stop, but not for terminating or turning.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n This offers …<\/p><\/div>\n Adlington Road (as per the PTE route explanation) is not shown by First.<\/p><\/div>\n
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